Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 4.00-5.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. 1.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-600 lbs. steady to 1.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower, bulls 3.00 lower. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.72/cwt on 1,188 head.

Average price

$143.72

1,188 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$107

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$10.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.39

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	456	151.49	690	43
Medium and Large 1-2	522	147.17	768	459
Medium and Large 1	566	140.92	798	686

One grade step is worth $10.57/cwt here — about −$107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,188 hd

143.72

—

NM average4 barns · 2,280 hd

139.32

+4.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,620	73.89	1,197	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,283	51.32	658	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	49.03	730	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,069	44.16	472	112

Every lot, as filed

109 lots · USDA AMS · Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	121.29/cwt	120.00–125.50	699	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	129.82/cwt	125.50–135.50	605	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	380	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	121.84/cwt	120.00–125.50	652	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	660	2
Bulls	—	—	1,740	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,479	1
Bulls	—	—	1,375	66.54/cwt	62.00–72.00	915	10
Bulls	—	—	1,743	77.18/cwt	73.00–83.00	1,345	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	123.10/cwt	122.00–123.50	760	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	122.65/cwt	122.00–123.50	889	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	152.49/cwt	150.00–156.00	517	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	137.28/cwt	135.50–141.00	593	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	133.79/cwt	131.00–143.00	638	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	148.01/cwt	146.00–149.00	551	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	127.92/cwt	122.50–130.00	663	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	121.66/cwt	120.00–127.00	697	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	113.98/cwt	113.00–115.00	820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	117.12/cwt	115.00–119.00	789	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	134.56/cwt	131.00–140.00	525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	917	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	137.88/cwt	136.00–145.50	565	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	161.81/cwt	154.00–168.00	450	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	118.92/cwt	117.00–122.50	844	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	789	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,794	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	9,358	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	8,585	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	586	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	58.22/cwt	57.00–59.50	809	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	51.26/cwt	47.00–56.50	656	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	49.03/cwt	47.00–51.00	730	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	56.52/cwt	55.50–57.50	667	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	48.55/cwt	44.50–53.50	552	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	39.49/cwt	36.00–42.50	394	56
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	737.50/cwt	725.00–750.00	8,481	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,990	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	712.50/cwt	675.00–835.00	8,315	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	624.50/cwt	500.00–750.00	5,933	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	750.00/cwt	660.00–860.00	8,543	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	805.00/cwt	735.00–875.00	10,666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	654	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,284	1,197.19/cwt	925.00–1,260.00	15,372	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	17,225	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,025	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,975	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	7,948	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	791.88/cwt	600.00–850.00	9,724	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,220	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	692.86/cwt	650.00–775.00	7,760	14
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	800	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	700	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	504	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	426	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	121.31/cwt	120.50–122.00	837	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	132.77/cwt	131.50–133.00	587	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	360	148.44/cwt	148.00–150.00	534	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	648	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	193.18/cwt	190.00–201.00	537	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	139.25/cwt	139.00–140.00	926	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	176.56/cwt	171.50–180.00	650	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	166.24/cwt	157.00–170.00	723	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	160.90/cwt	153.00–168.50	748	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	134.78/cwt	132.00–142.50	832	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	140.36/cwt	136.00–145.50	745	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	137.55/cwt	130.00–140.50	792	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	529	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	713	117.88/cwt	117.50–119.00	840	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	768	117.93/cwt	117.50–118.00	906	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	125.37/cwt	122.75–128.25	791	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	121.99/cwt	120.00–123.50	834	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	127.41/cwt	123.50–129.00	928	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	132.23/cwt	130.00–133.50	1,010	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	163.06/cwt	154.00–166.50	693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	177.38/cwt	171.00–181.00	600	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	174.68/cwt	165.00–177.00	662	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	187.20/cwt	175.00–190.00	534	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	142.58/cwt	137.00–145.00	736	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	132.60/cwt	130.50–140.00	770	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	152.94/cwt	149.00–161.00	731	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	430	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	405	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	691	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	732	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	780	117.53/cwt	115.00–120.00	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	665	126.37/cwt	120.00–127.75	840	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	637	124.28/cwt	121.00–128.25	792	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	771	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	925	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	663	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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